Next Steps ... Moving from Papermaking into Collage

Kurt Schwitters Collage

Review the powerpoint shared in class on Monday (found in our class Google Folder - it is called Composition & Collage). Using what you have learned to date about composition and space and integrating image, word/text, found materials develop a new composition that emphasizes a collage technique. Start by selecting a theme for your work from Linda Weintraub's list of Pioneering EcoArt Themes:

1. Desire
2. Newness
3. Power
4. Nature
5. Globalism
6. Diversity
7. Mercy
8. Death
9. Decay
10. Dirt

Gather images, text and materials that relate to your theme and use that to create a new work that explores composition and space as we have been discussing it. Consider new options for use of text and image. Consider your choices about placement and position and how you will lead your viewer through the composition/collage. You can do this in paper if you wish, or move to new materials as long as you still include at least image(s), text/words, and mixed media and concentrate on material integration and conveying your theme. Size is up to you as well.

Work to get as close to completion as possible so we can look at these on Monday. Don't work too large or it will require more time and materials and meeting the Monday goal may feel really hard. Please just do what you can but be sure to invest the required outside of class time!

Remember, "If you are dealing only with what you know, you may not be doing your job. When you discover something new, or surprise yourself, you are engaging in the process of discovery. Making art is an act of discovery. "

And, "The Studio is more than a place to work: it is a state of mind. It is a place where your practice is established, and the place where you experiment and meditate on the results. Whether it is a room or a computer, the studio is your locus as an artist." 

Both from: 101 Things I Learned in Art School, Kit White